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A potacio[n] or dri[n]kynge for this holi time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all penitent synners, newly prepared by Theodore Basille.
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Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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Paule must beleue y â god is that he is a rewarder to theÌ that seke hym Withoute thys faythe no manne commeth worthelye to recepue the body of our LORDE as Chrisostom saythe Let vs all that are sycke go vnto Christ with great fayth For yf all they which dyd but towch y e heÌme of his garmeÌt receyued theyr perfecte healthe howe muche more shall we be corroborated and made strong yf we haue hym whole w tin vs Therfore wheÌ ye syt downe to receyue the blessed body of Christe call streyght wayes to your remembraunce the death of Christ. RemeÌber that his bodye was brokon for you vpon the Altare of the Crosse. Remââ¦mber that he offred hymselfe a swete smelling Sacrifice to God the father for the abolysshement of all your synnes RemeÌber that his bloud was shed for the remission of your synnes RemeÌber that by the effusion sheddynge of hys mooste precious bloud all your offeÌses are cleane wasshed awaye you pourged from all iniquite In consideracion wherof ye nowe receyue y â ve ry body of christ bycause ye shoulde nothynge doubte of the remission of your synnes of the fauoure of GOD toward you as Christ hym selfe witnesseth He that eateth my flesh dryncketh my bloude hathe eternal lyfe I shall rayse hym vp in the last day For my flesh is very meate my bloud is very dryncke He that eteth my flesh dryncketh my bloud dwelleth in me I in hiÌ But do not only call to remeÌbraÌce these aforsayd thynges but beleue faythfully also be perswaded vndoubtedly that they be true shall chauÌse to you according vnto your fayth So shal it come to passe that w t the receyuiÌg of Christes body ye shall also receyue all the benefytes gyftes and graces of Christe yf ye beleue so that not only Christ is be come altogyther yours but also al y â euer he hath besydes is yours as S. Paule say the he that hath not spared his owne sonne but gaue hiÌ for vs all how is it possible that he also should not gyue vs all thinges w t him O the inestimable treasures that lye bent out in this moost holy Sacrament of the Altare for the faythefull Blyssed is he that is a faythfull geste of this celestial ta ble Blessed is he that with a pure fayth syncere charite eateth y e body of his LORDE Blessed is that maÌ which receiueth this moost honora ble SacrameÌt Christes very body bloude with an vndefyled conscience For Satan synne death hel desperacion c. shall not preuayle agenst hym Such one may be sure to dwell in Christ Christ in him Such one may be sure to haue his herte abundaÌtly enfarsed w t celesti all graces heaueÌly gyftes Such one maye be sure to haue God y e father God y e son God y e holy Ghost dwellynge perpetually in his brest whaÌ ye haue done these thiÌges a for sayd than drawe nygh whan tyme requirethe w t all huÌble reuerent feare vnto the feaste of the LORDES bodye before y t ye receyue it into your mouth praye on this maÌner ¶ A prayer to be sayde before y e receyuynge of the Sacrament O LORD I am not worthy that y u shouldest enter into me but saye the word only my soule shall be made whole Heale y u me O God and I shall be healed saue thou me I shall be saued Create in me O LORDE a cleane herte that w t true fayth perfecte charite I maye re ceyue thy moost holy body w t suche dignitie worthynes thorowe thy grace into my breste that y u mayste dwel in me I in the for euermore AMEN Thus haue I neighbours declared vnto you coÌpendiously how ye shal prepare your selues worthely to re ceyue at y e time of Easter the moste blyssed Sacrament of the Aââ¦re Yf ye receyue it on such maÌner as I haue taughte you here tofore ye may be sure to receyue it worthely accordynge to Christes institucioÌ vnto y e helth of your soules EVââ¦E I praye God gyue vs grace to receyue it accordynge to youre moost godly iÌstruccioÌs y t our soules maye be truly fed w t the true body of our Sauiour Iesus Christ. PHIL. But for as much as we se many departe vnreuereÌtly froÌ the LORDES table therfore wyll I in fewe wordes by your pacience declare to you after what manner ye shall go from it howe ye shall behaue your selues euer after that ye maye walke as it becommeth the chyldren of lyghte CHRI I pray you hertely let it so be ¶ Howe we ought to behaue oure selues after that we haue receyued the moost blessed SacrameÌt of the Altare PHILEMON NOwe moost dere brothers after y â ye haue receyued the body of our LORDE Iesus Christ and w t that same moost glorious bodye tasted also his most precious bloud which as Chrisostome sayth is the helth of our soules wassheth garni sheth enflameth our soules maketh our mynde more shynynge thaÌ the fyre more clere than the gould is y e sufficient price of y e hole world it is conuenieÌt that ye shewe your sel ues thanckefull agayne to God for these his iestimable benefites whiche he at that tyme hath frely gyueÌ vnto you euen y e very body bloud of his welbeloued soÌne our LORD Iesus Christ w t all the other incom parable treasures which pertayne vnto hym For all theyse thynges hath he moost bounteously gyuen you in this moost holy SacrameÌt It is therfore I say coÌuenieÌt y â ye shewe your selues agayne thanckefull to hym by renderynge harty immortall thaÌckes For this moost holy mysterye is called Sacramentum Eucharistiae that is y â Sacrament of thanckes gyuynge bycause y t whaÌ eyther we our selues receyue it or els be preseÌt whaÌ other do receyue it we should gyue God precordiall thaÌckes for his bounty kyndnes shewed to vs thorow Iesus Christ. Who commeth to the table of onye man departeth without thaÌckes gyuynge To approche therfore to sytte downe at the table of y e moost hygh redoubted kynge where no terrestriall corruptible meate is eaten but euen the very bodye of y e pure immaculate Lambe Iesus Christ to departe from so heaueÌly a table w t vnthanckefull hertes certes it were a thyng to much for to be detested It shal therfore be ve ry conuenient after ye haue receyued that moost blyssed SacrameÌt not to depart out of y e chirch before ye haue gyueÌ God harty thanckes for his manifold benignite toward you ye maye do it on this manner ¶ ThaÌckes gyuynge after y e receyuynge of the Sacrament VUe thancke the moost gentle mercyfull father that thou hast vouchedsafe this day of thyne own goodnes to fede vs w t an heueÌ ly meate euen y â very body bloud of thy moost
the moost blessed Sacrament of the Altare it shal be necessarey that ye obserue certayne thynges Fyrst y â ye labour with all mayne to erecte lyft vp your selues from your old synfull lyuynge where w t in tymes past ye haue bene miserably detayned before ye approch vnto this ce lestial table For yf it were not law ful for y e vncircuÌcysed in y e fleshe to eate of y e figuratiue Paschal LaÌbe how much more thaÌ is it vnlawful for y e vncircuÌcysed in the hart y â is for the synfull vnclene person to taste of the true Paschall Lambe which was offered slayne for our sake Pourge out the olde leuen sayth S. Paule y e ye may be newe dowe lyke as ye are swete bread For christ is offered a Paschal laÌbe for vs. Here he sheweth y e yf we wyl worthely celebrate our Easter we must put awaye our olde synfull lyuynge But before all thynges in this expurgacion of vice ye muste earnestly labour that ye come not to receyue the body of oure LORDE w t a malicious hatefull vncharitable harte For this is a Sacrament of peace of vnite of concord of vnfayned loue Therfore ther ought to be mutuall reconciliacioÌ on al partes before ony come vnto this celestiall feast as saynt Iohn Chrisostom sayth let no Hypocrite approche let no man with a cloked mynde once be so bolde as for to drawe nygh vnto so great mysteries vnlesse he be condeÌned deserue the seÌteÌce suffer y â whiche Iudas suffered For after the communion of the table the dyuell entred into hym Let no Iudas therfore be at the table This Sacrifice is a spiri tuall meate For as corporal meate whan it fyndeth a bellye occupyed w t aduerse corrupt humors doth both hurte the more noye y â more helpeth nothynge at all so this spi ritual meate lykewyse yf it fiÌdeth ony manne polluted w t malignite euel shal destroy hiÌ the more not of the owne nature of it but thorowe the faute of hym that receyueth it Let y e mynd therfore the thought be pure in al thynges for y e Sacrifice is pure Let vs prepare an holy soole Let vs hold fast y e holye kisse which associateth the soules recoÌcy leth y e myndes maketh one body For we all seme to take vpoÌ vs one bodye Therfore let vs myxte oure selues inone body not w t the coÌmix tion of bodies but beynge bounde with the charite of soules y â by this meanes we maye be associated to y â fruytes of the diuine table For amoÌge al vices this table of y e LORD detesteth none so muche as y â synne of malyce seynge that it mooste of all alienateth mennes myndes froÌ the worthy receyuyng of this holy roÌmunioÌ Therfore prouyde aboue all thynges that no kynd of disple sure be in youre myndes but that ye be of that affeccion towarde all meÌ that Christ Iesus was toward you which disdayned not for your saluacioÌ to suffer his moost blyssed body to be broken his moost preci ous bloude to be shed vpon the Altare of the crosse EVSE We wyll em ploye all our endeuour to come vnto this moost holy Bancket wythe pure myndes charitable hartes PHIL. God graunt it Secondely knowe that it is not ynoughe vnto the condigne worthy preparacioÌ of your selues vnto this mooste heauenlye table to expourge put synne oute of you except ye also garnysh your myndes with godly vertues Is it ynough for a man agaynste the commynge of his frend only to make clene his house Is it not also conuenient y â he adourne garnysh it so pleasauÌt ly as he can deuyse THEO Reason requireth so PHIL. It is a thousaÌd tymes more conuenient that whaÌ we shal receyue the LORD of al LORDES Kyng of all Kynges into our hertes we than do not onlye make cleane the house of our soules but also garnysh it with the moost odoriferous redoleÌt floures of diuine vertues CHRI verely ye say truth PHIL. Remember howe greuously that manne was punysshed which presumed to come vnto the mariages not hauynge the nuptiall garment EVSE We remember it well PHIL. Take hede than y t ye do not onlye prouyde for the expurgacion of vice but also for the adourment of vertues vnlesse a lyke thynge chauÌse vnto you Blessed is he that watcheth sayth God kepeth his clothes that he walke not naked men se his fylthines Thyrdely it is requisite y â whaÌ ye haue thus garnysshed youre selues ye trust not iÌ your owne good workes or in your owne preparacion as though ye had made youre selues worthy ynough to come vnto the eatynge of thys inestimable treasure but let youre whole affiaunce be in the mercye of God and whan ye haue done all that ye are able to do graunt youre selues vnprofitable seruaÌtes desyre more more continually valeaunce and strength to do the wyll of God besechynge hym of hys infinite good nes to supplye that which lacketh iÌ you bycause y â ye may receyue y â more grace strengthe to walke in the pathwaies of the LORD ye now come w t all reuerence vnto y e moost heauenly meate wherwyth you beynge saciated maye valeauntly en arme your selues maynely fyght agaynst SataÌ his wicked army Fourthly ye must gyue serious diligeÌce that ye come vnto this table of y â LORD w t a feruent desyre w t an hongry stomake with a gredye mynd with a famelyke soule For this SacrameÌt hateth a stomacke that is alredy saturated fylled It proponeth and setteth forth all kynde of celestiall deynties to the hungrye soule as the moost blessed virgyne saythe he hathe fylled the hungry with good thynges but y â rytch hath he let go empty Blessed are they that hunger thyrst righ teousnes for they shall be fylled Al ye that are a thyrste saythe Christ come vnto the waters ye y t haue no mony make haste bye and eate Come bye w tout mony wythout ony marchaundyse wyne mylke Agayne I wyll gyue to hym that thyrstethe of the well of the water of lyfe frely And he that is a thyrst let him come he that wyl let him take the water of lyfe freelye The fat Pharise the belyed Hypocrite the porkelynge Iusticiarie whiche trust in theyr owne righteousnes are no fytte Gââ¦stes for this mooste delicious table but the huÌble synner which knoweth his infirmite confesseth his imbecillite desyreth valeaunce hââ¦ngreth thyrsteth for strength to do the wyll of GOD. THEO God sende vs this hunger thyrst euermore PHIL. Fyftely ye maye not onlye come vnto this celestial table with hongry stomackes to obtayne these inestimable treasures but also beleue vnfaynedly that ye shall haue all good thynges that ye wysshe or longe for accordyng to your desyre fayth For he that commeth vnto God sayth S.